Peters



(No Model.)

0. G. LENZ. "Cradle.

No. 23 8,933. Patented March 15,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONRAD C. BENZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO F. HERHOLD & CO.,

OF SAME PLACE.

CRADLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 238,933, dated March 15,1881.

Application filed November 27, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, CONRAD C. LENZ, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Cradles, of which the following is a specification.

The object I have in view is to produce cradles of that class which rockon a base, with simple, convenient, and durable means for enabling themto be rocked by foot; and the invention consists in the combination,construction, and arrangement of the peculiar devices employed by me forthat purpose, as fully hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure l is aperspective view of a cradle provided with the improvement; Fig. 2, asectional view of the connection with the cradle-body, and Fig. 3 asection through the pedal and a leg of'the base, showing the manner ofsupporting the pedal therefrom.

Like letters denote corresponding parts.

A is the body of the cradle having at each end a rocker, a, which restsand rocks on the straight rail b at each end of the base B. Thecradle-body is prevented from displacement on the base by suitableconnections, (not shown,) and its rocking movement is guided and limitedin the manner usual in this class 0 of cradles.

Preferably, to the outer side of one of the legs 0 of the base issecured a pedal, 0. This pedal is supported by a horizontal bolt, D,having a collar, d, near its center, and nuts 0 nut f. The pedal C iscast in one piece with an arm, E, projecting therefrom, and to the endof this arm is pivoted a connecting-rod, F, having an eye in its upperend, which fits over a wood stud, G, projecting from the rocker a atthat end of the cradle near one end of such rocker. An ornamental cap,H, is secured by a screw, h, over the end of the stud G, and holds therod F thereon. By these means the cradle can be readily rocked by thefoot of a person seated near the same.

The pedal,"it will be seen, can be supported from some other part of thebase, and be connected with a different part of the cradle,withoutdeparting from the spirit of this invention.

What I claim as my invention, isi In a cradle, the combination, with thebase B, having end rails, 11, and the cradle-body A, provided with endrockers, a, resting and rocking on the rails of the base, of the pedalC, having lugs g, and supported by the bolt D, having collar 01 and nuts6 f, and secured to the leg 0, the arm E, rod F, stud G, and cap H, allconstructed and arranged substantially as described and shown.

. CONRAD C. LENZ.

Witnesses:

F. W. KASEHAGEN, It. N. DYER.

